Standalone BIM Server Manager (This refers to the standalone BIM Server Manager, a separate application which can be optionally installed from the ArchiCAD 15 DVD)

If ArchiCAD 15 and/or the standalone BIM Server Manager are found to be installed on your machine, you can choose to either update it or not.

If the BIM Server is found to be installed on your machine, it will be automatically updated if it is not up-to-date.

If ArchiCAD 15 is already up-to-date, but one of the ArchiCAD components (e.g. MEP Modeler or EcoDesigner) is not, the installer will indicate this and you can choose to update it.

Important Note for Teamwork users:

Working in Teamwork requires that client ArchiCADs, the BIM Server Manager and the BIM Server all have the identical version number (or “build number”).

If you are running a client ArchiCAD whose version number is different than that of the BIM Server, you cannot continue working in Teamwork until the same hotfix is installed for the BIM Server. (The same is true for all the other client ArchiCADs working from the same BIM Server.)

Therefore, if you decide to update either a client ArchiCAD or a BIM Server, be aware that you must update all clients and the BIM Server so that they share the identical version number.

Installation steps:

If the BIM Server is running on a computer that has Windows Server 2008 R2 or Small Business Server 2011 as its operating system you have to manually stop all BIM Server services prior to applying the patch. We are still investigating the causes.

We strongly recommend that you disable any virus checker for the time of the BIM Server installation.

Make sure you have administrator rights on the computer. Make sure none of the ArchiCAD components are modified (e.g. renamed). If you are updating a BIM Server, also make sure that you are logged in as the user who installed it originally.

When you run the hotfix package, the process will automatically search your computer for instances of the three applications listed above. For each of these applications found on your machine, you will be informed of its hotfix status (either “is up to date” or “can be updated”).

For ArchiCAD or Standalone BIM Server Manager:

If you have multiple copies of either ArchiCAD or the standalone BIM Server Manager on your machine, then the installer will automatically find one copy. If you want to update a different instance, you can use the "Browse" button to locate it. You will need to run the installer multiple times to update each copy of ArchiCAD / BIM Server Manager.

If the installed ArchICAD or standalone BIM Server Manager is found to be not up-to-date, you also have the option not to update it: click “Don’t update [program] now.”

The update of GRAPHISOFT BIM Server works a bit differently:

If a BIM Server is found to be installed on your machine and is out of date, it will be updated; you have no option to skip the update, unless you cancel the entire Hotfix process.

Only one BIM Server can be installed on a machine, so there is no option to browse to a different program location than the one identified by the program.

Just before the hotfix is launched, the Summary Panel displays information on which programs, in which locations, will be updated.

The BIM Server will be stopped automatically, during the time of hotfixing the BIM Server application, projects will be suspended. Clients must be patched before they can teamwork with the newly hotfixed BIM Server.

If you want the BIM Server to start automatically with the operating system, check again the "Start BIM Server with Operating System" checkbox in the BIM Server Preferences dialog.

Deployed Installation of the Hotfix

Starting with Hotfix 4 of ArchiCAD 15 deployed installation is also possible. For details on deployed installation go here.

133590 FILE/MODEL: One needed to open project twice so that correct complex profiles were loaded

137596 INSTALL: In addition to the “silent” parameter a new “nowarning” parameter will prevent any dialog from showing on user screens concerning already patched components

138263 INSTALL: On computers with multiple language versions of ArchiCAD it is now possible to silently update specified language versions with the “searchlanguage=xxx” parameter. “xxx” is the three letter code for the localization, for example: INT, GER, FIN

141813 INSTALL: Patches the uninstaller to be compatible with Java 1.7.

136520 MODEL: When an object went into an invisible renovation status it could change its position on the floor plan

138051-138058 MODEL/DATA LOSS: Data of Roof elements could go Invalid

137645 MODEL/FREEZE: With specific file ArchiCAD could hang after selecting area with a marquee and viewing it in 3D

136294 TEAMWORK: During Send and Receive A “serious error has occurred" error message could come up in specific circumstances